US hits sites in Yemen and Iraq as fight with Iranian proxies intensifies

Late on Tuesday, US Central Command announced it had also struck two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch.

This image provided by the US Navy shows an aircraft launching from USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) during flight operations in the Red Sea (Kaitlin Watt/US Navy via AP)

The US military has struck three facilities in Iraq and two anti-ship missiles in Yemen operated by Iranian-backed militias that have continued to instigate attacks on US personnel and ships in the region.

Both the strikes in Iraq and Yemen targeted sites that the US has said are involved in the attacks against US forces in Iraq and Syria and were threatening US military and commercial vessels in the Red Sea.